Last night D and I went to Gyu-Kaku, which was my first time there. While we went to the Sherman Oaks location, it was still ominously "L.A.", ultra-trendy, crowded, and borderline pretentious crowd. Despite this, we were seated in half an hour (ugh) and we ordered from the happy hour menu, which was heinously cheap. And while there were some really good dishes (try the Bistro Harami), it was hardly worth the fact that there were probably only two servers for the entire restaurant. Our server took 10 minutes to do the simplest of tasks (drop off the check, pick up the check, etc.), and took probably 30-45 minutes to bring me a water.
Points for a $1.50 Sapporo, good tasting meats, excellent Happy Hour prices, and the fun experience of cooking your own meats to your liking, but bad points for the wait to be seated, the poor service, the pretentious crowd, and some of the dishes being a touch too spicy without warning (who makes an ahi poke spicy??). Worth the experience to go at least once to know, but will strongly consider a reservation and an alternative day of the week or time of day.
Gyu-Kaku
14457 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 - (818) 501-5400
http://www.gyu-kaku.com/
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